​The Center for the Community Integration of New Americans (CCINA) runs a much needed homework help program to provide academic support to the children of immigrants living in Nashville. These parents face the challenge of not knowing English well enough to help their children with academics, which makes the program vital. The program serves children from grades 1 - 8.

Children are housed in a safe after school environment where they can focus on honing their academic skills. We are planning to expand our Homework Help program to a location in Antioch in order to serve more families who need this service.

*Volunteer opportunities at CCINA

Go to the Contact Us page to sign up as a volunteer. Please indicate what position you are interested in.

Position: Translator Languages: Somali, Spanish, ArabicHours: FlexibleDuration: Aug. 22 - Dec. 15Time commitment: 2 - 8 hours per week.Volunteer Translators will assist with oral and written communication between CCINA and parents and the community at large. This will include making telephone calls, translating documents, attending community events at Rocketship and other locations. Supervised by the Director.

*Adult ESL and other classes

We plan to start adult classes in 2016.

*Summer Program: CCINA @ Rocketship

Our summer program will be held at Rocketship United Academy located at 320 Plus Park Blvd., Nashville, TN 37217This program is for children who are in grade 1 to grade 4

CCINA Summer Camp @ Rocketship (half-day)

Camp Dates: June 13 - July 22, 2016 (6 weeks)Hours: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (snack time included)Days: Monday to Thursday​Registration dates: May 16 to June 3Deadlines: Tuition and fees must be paid by June 3

Target: Children who are behind or need help with basic math and literacy

Goals: Improve basic math and literacy skills

At the end of the program children should be able to:1) Do basic math as mental math (no counting fingers!)2) Through a phonics program, read simple words and learn how to read longer words by breaking them down into syllables3) Understand what they are reading and write short summaries4) Understand basic grammar concepts (identify simple verb tenses, adjectives, nouns, etc.)